3:01 AM,
Sep. 29, 2012

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Both candidates for the 24th state Senate District say the potential negative impacts of a proposed large-scale dairy farm in Saratoga outweigh the anticipated number of jobs the facility would create.

Incumbent state Sen. Julie Lassa, D-Stevens Point, sent a letter this week to Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary Cathy Stepp, urging the agency to deny Wysocki Family of Cos.' application for 49 high-capacity well permits.

"The impact an operation of this size could have on groundwater levels and quality is potentially devastating," Lassa wrote. ...